Etymograph

English

mistide

Mistide comes from Old English mistīdan ‘to turn out badly’, from tīdan ‘to betide, befall, happen’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- ‘to share, divide’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₂y-1‘to share, divide’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déh₂itis1‘division, section’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*tīdiz1‘time’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*tīdi1‘time’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150tīd2‘time in general’
  6. Old Englishc. 450–1150tīdan3‘to betide, befall, happen’
  7. Old Englishc. 450–1150mistīdan4‘to turn out badly’
  8. Englishtodaymistide4

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Old English tid
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Old English tidan
  3. 3 Wiktionary, Old English mistidan
  4. 4 Wiktionary, English mistide

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*deh₂y-Wiktionary, Old English tid‘to share, divide’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*déh₂itisWiktionary, Old English tid‘division, section’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*tīdizWiktionary, Old English tid‘time’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*tīdiWiktionary, Old English tid‘time’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150tīdWiktionary, Old English tidan‘time in general’
  6. Old Englishc. 450–1150tīdanWiktionary, Old English mistidan‘to betide, befall, happen’
  7. Old Englishc. 450–1150mistīdanWiktionary, English mistide‘to turn out badly’
  8. EnglishtodaymistideWiktionary, English mistide

Formed from mis- + tide

Proto-Indo-European *mey- ‘to change’

Proto-Indo-European *mitˢtós ‘mutual, reciprocal’

Proto-Germanic *missa- ‘wrongly, badly, mis-’

Proto-West Germanic *missa- ‘mis-, wrongly’

English mis-

Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- ‘to share, divide’

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Proto-Germanic *tīdiz ‘time’

Proto-West Germanic *tīdi ‘time’

Old English tīd ‘time in general’

Middle English tyde ‘a time (period), season’

English tide

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- ‘to share, divide’

time, till, demon, til, tease, daemon, tass, daimon, 23 more

through Old English tīd ‘time in general’

tidbit, 2 more

through Old English tīdan ‘to betide, befall, happen’

betide, 1 more

Today it means

verb To happen or come to pass through misfortune.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “mistide”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Old English tid, Old English tidan, Old English mistidan. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- / mistide

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